The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Waterton
Date
July 8, 2025
Seattle Apartment Deals Rebounding Sharply
By Sam Ali
summary
An article in Real Estate Alert explores the mid-year resurgence of Seattle’s multifamily market features commentary from Waterton Senior Vice President Kevin Isbasco. The volume of Seattle’s apartment trades from April to June was nearly a fivefold jump from January to March. Ibasco notes that occupancy is holding strong, leasing activity is picking up, and while Seattle was a slower bounce-back after the pandemic, the recovery is taking hold in “a more meaningful way.”
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
July 8, 2025
Gowanus lots fetch $9 million as rezoning spurs development boom
By Sanai Rashid
summary
Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of two adjacent lots totaling 21,600 BSF at 544-550 Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, for $9 million, marking the firm’s third development site transaction in the neighborhood this year. An Ariel team led by Sean R. Kelly, Esq., Partner, Stephen Vorvolakos, Director, and Nicole Daniggelis, Associate Director, represented the seller of the site, which currently holds three structures housing seven commercial and residential units on two 40-foot wide lots.Kelly and his team have secured the four highest price-per-buildable sales in the Gowanus neighborhood, cementing the firm’s active and leading role in the area’s development market. Catch the full story here.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
July 8, 2025
US student giant hires European managing director
By Chris Borland
summary
Ioannis Verdelis has joined Landmark Properties as its managing director of investment and development in the UK as the company expands its European operations. Verdelis will co-lead Landmark’s business in Europe – which aims to build both student accommodation and residential investment platforms. He was previously CIO at Vita. Read more here.
Client
Ferguson Partners
Date
July 1, 2025
PERE's 100 Most Influential 2016-25
summary
Bill Ferguson, co-chairman and CEO of Ferguson Patners, the go-to search firm for real estate managers looking for new executives. Ferguson is one of PERE’s 100 Most Influential 2016-25, a list of movers and shakers who had the biggest impact on the world’s private real estate capital markets during the last decade. See the full list here.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
June 30, 2025
EVs and the New Geometry of Parking Facilities
By Todd Neal, principal, Thornton Tomasetti
summary
As the adoption of EVs accelerates, we must reevaluate how we design for the change in structural loads as well as how we lay out these spaces to accommodate accessibility, fire safety, charging logistics, and future adaptability. Todd Neal, a principal in the Portland, Maine, office of Thornton Tomasetti, outlines a few ways to ensure the safety of these structures. See full story here.
Client
Koeppel Rosen
Date
June 30, 2025
Youth Development Program Publicolor Extends Lease at 20 West 36th Street
By Mark Hallum
summary
Educational development organization Publicolor has extended its lease at 20 West 36th Street, signing a deal with landlord Koeppel Rosen to keep its 6,850-SF space on the ninth floor. Publicolor moved into the 12-story building in August 2015. Read the full story here.
Client
Waterton
Date
June 24, 2025
US real estate firm Waterton adds $124m apartment community to portfolio
summary
Waterton, a US real estate investor and operator, has acquired Brackett Apartments, a 386-unit garden-style apartment community with 23 three-story residential buildings and two clubhousess in Edmonds, Washington. The acquisition of the rental apartment community brings Waterton’s holdings in the Seattle metro area to 1,331 units. Read the full story here.
Client
Simone Development Companies
Date
June 19, 2025
Throggs Neck Shopping Center celebrates milestone
By Lindsay Tanney
summary
Did you catch Throggs Neck Shopping Center on News 12 the Bronx? Lindsay Tanney spoke with Simone Development Companies’ president Joe Simone and currnent tenants about the center for News 12’s “Rebuilding the Bronx” series. The 300,000+ SF shopping center is 99% leased, anchored by Target and TJ Maxx. Built on the site of an old post office transfer facility, the Throggs Neck Shopping Center has created more than 300 permanent retail jobs in the borough. Catch the full segment here.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
June 2025
Beyond the Chatbot
By Bendix Anderson
summary
An article in NAA’s Units magazine explores how artificial intelligence applications are helping apartment companies find insights in large data sets that will help improve and protect the properties. Vanessa Young, Vice President of Management Service for Landmark Properties, talks with Units about the ways the company is investing in AI systems to help improve reporting and keep complete, accurate records across its portfolio. Read the full story here.